Arathia

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Arathia was a city and bishopric in the late Roman province of Cappadocia Prima, Asia Minor, whose ecclesiastical metropolis was at Caesarea (modern Kayseri, Turkey). [1] Its location is unknown. The bishopric was revived as Latin titular see of the Catholic Church in the 18th century.

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Titular see

The diocese was nominally restored as Latin Catholic titular bishopric no later than 1755 under the names Arathia / Arata (Curiate Italian) / Arath / Aratia (Latin) / Arathen(sis) / Arathien(sis) (Latin adjective).

It has been vacant since 1853 (effectively suppressed?), having had the following incumbents, all of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank :

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  1. John Mason Neale, A History of the Holy Eastern Church, I:75 London, 1850 full text
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